How I screwed up a lovely Day on the South Coast 4th Nov 2020

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Hi,

So, conditions were pretty much perfect yesterday and I fucked it up.

All my footage was underexposed. I checked histograms/zebras and hit AE lock - but I was pointing at the sun when I did this, so everything 180 degrees from the sun was pretty much black. I’ve taken photos before… I know this stuff… Jesus, what was I thinking??

Anyway, here’s some dull footage over water - no points of interest whatsoever!

I was so tempted by fly over to one of the cruise ships parked up in the harbour, but this was my first time over water and I was bricking it.

And I nearly hit a tree (downward sensors off as I was over water, and I lost sight briefly).

I’ve tried to rescue the footage in post, but the best I could do looks very ‘retrolux’ and flickery.

A text book example of what not to do when the weather is perfect.

Ned

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Ah Ned, such a shame… really enjoyed the video though. such a shame about all the noise in the image quality.
What did you use to edit?

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Yeah, it was. I’m using Filmora… badly :sweat_smile:

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Had a quick play and I have to say, you did an amazing job with what you accomplished in the final video, just get so much noise coming though. Is such a shame, what a location. :sob: are you still there. Maybe another flight?

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Nah, I’m back home now unfortunately.

Thanks for having a look at the clip… My own silly fault and I won’t do it again!

The weather is good at home right now, so I’m be out later.

Ned

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Unlucky Ned. I’ve done a similar thing with snorkeling videos in the past. Had action cam set to auto white balance and while snorkeling at the surface it kept flicking from underwater mode to normal mode. Ruined everything I took. I feel your pain mate :confused:

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Thanks mate.

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@PingSpike Do I get a coastal flyer badge for my awful video? :thinking:

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Great choice in choon Ned, I love a bit of Floyd :ok_hand:t2:

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Thanks! I thought ‘Learning to Fly’ was rather apt.

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The badge description says,

“…is awarded for capturing great shots of beaches, cliffs, seas and other coastal scenery!”

So… um… :grimacing:

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As @SirGunner said, I feel your pain. I went out yesterday to try to get the last of the autumn colours (the weather has been torrential and hugely windy here for a couple of weeks) and on one of the main videos I had inadvertantly touched the screen and knocked the focus off. I don’t think this will be saveable which is a shame as there are some lovely colours in there.

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:rofl: Fair enough. Next time maybe.

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Bugger! I’ll watch out for that!

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Hi how do you upload a video in here. Just loads a link bit doesn’t do anything.
Any help appreciated

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Copy and paste the video link (YouTube for example) into a line on it’s own then the forum will self embed the video for you :+1:t2: hope this helps.

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Thanks